Cream Cheese Buttercream

Besides cake, cream cheese is my favorite food and when you put it on top of cake, well, I just don’t know a better combination. This buttercream is smooth and creamy with a good, healthy dose of cream cheese. Cream Cheese Buttercream is definitely on my favorite list.

My obsession with cream cheese started early on. I would get a prize if I got the honor roll in school and do you know what I asked for? Cheesecake. No, I’m really serious. My Mom made the best no-bake cheesecake. It certainly wasn’t gourmet, but it was my favorite. (By the way, if you’re interested in that recipe, comment below and I’ll be happy to write a recipe post.)

So as you can see, I’ve always loved cream cheese. It’s wonderful on a cake with fruit in the ingredients and it’s also terrific on red velvet cakes and spice cakes.

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Enough of my talking…on to the recipe: (And if you keep scrolling, you can download a cute printable recipe card.)

Instructions

Mix your butter and cream cheese together in a mixing bowl.

Add three cups of powdered sugar and 1 - 2 tablespoons of milk and mix well.

Add in the next three cups of powdered sugar plus the vanilla extract and mix well. Check your consistency. If the buttercream feels too thin, add another cup of powdered sugar. If it's feels too thick, just add in another teaspoon to tablespoon of milk and mix again.

Notes

This recipe makes enough buttercream to cover an 8 inch, two layer cake.

Be sure to refrigerate icing as the cream cheese is perishable.

If you want a whiter icing, use clear vanilla extract and whip the icing for several minutes longer.

Hi Teresa, Oh my goodness, I totally forgot I even referenced my Mom’s cheesecake in this post! I actually used her recipe as a basis for my lemon cake bottom cheesecake. You can see that here: https://iscreamforbuttercream.com/cake-bottom-lemon-cheesecake/ The cheesecake layer is very similar to what she made. And thanks for asking! 🙂

Hi Teresa! I have been meaning to put that recipe up on the blog. I’m thinking I’ll get to it in the spring some time since it’s really a no-bake kind of cheesecake. In the meantime, I do have a recipe on the blog that is very similar. It’s the cake bottom lemon cheesecake and the top layer is based off my Mom’s cheesecake. You can check that out here: https://iscreamforbuttercream.com/cake-bottom-lemon-cheesecake/